Trick or treat!

Here's a snippet from a WIP I have going for a long, long time:



Apparently, Tony Stark’s idea of a team building exercise was to book a whole damn castle in Ireland for an all-night treasure hunt.

And it’s not like it’s one of those converted boutique hotels with an inside pool and a golf course, no. This one is barely standing, with half the furniture buried under white sheets, and rows after rows of long dark galleries.

Natasha doesn’t even want to reach the bedrooms floor.

“You know”, Clint says conversationally as they enter the huge library, “there’s a Doctor Who episode in a library, where… things were looming in the shadows, ready to ambush you into nonexistence.”

“If they have decided to come here, let’s say goodbye now, Barton. In case you haven’t noticed, this place isn't even wired for electricity.”

There’s a rustle in the hallway outside, which turns out to be Thor breezing past on his way to the west wing. Pairing up Thor with Bruce was probably unfair to the rest of them – Thor has seen things that would put old-fashioned ghosts to a shame, so he's pretty much unfazed by the creepy surroundings, and as for Bruce... scientific reasoning and all that. On the other hand, maybe Steve will kill Tony and then they’ll be one rival team down. Last they heard of them down in the basements, Stark was spinning a rusted chain over Rogers's head.

So much for team building.

Edited 2017-11-02 08:52 pm (UTC)

Oh that's fun! I wonder if Tony booked a falling apart dust trap by accident or on purpose. Although if was an accident he'd just play like that was the plan all along ;)

Aww Clint and a creepy Doctor who reference *grins*.

I imagine that he'd book it on purpose - add "fear of the supernatural" to the list of obstacles they have to overtake!

I hope you continue this! Would love to see this all plays out.

Might do, at some point... Who knows? I've got a bunch of stuff I've left unfinished, and I add something in them at one point or another.